Lucien beand



(No Model.)

L. BRAND.

SWINGING DEMIJOHN AND LABEL HOLDER.

No. 301,954. Patented July 15, 1884 INVENTUR WITNESSES NITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

LUCIEN BRAND, OF ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA.

SWINGING DEMIJOHN AND LABEL-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 301,954, dated July 15, 1884.

2 Application f led April 10, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, ,LUOIEN BRAND, a citi zen of the United States, residing at Alameda, in the county'of Alameda and State of California, have invented a new and useful Swinging Demijohn and Label-Holder Combined, of which the following is a specification, The objects of my invention are to provide a means whereby a swinging demijohn can be suspended in bearings andkept in a tilted or inclined position while the contents are being emptied or withdrawn from it, and .also to provide a means by which the label that is to indicate the contents of the vessel is perma nently attached.

I accomplish these objects by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my improved swinging demij ohn in position. Fig.

2 is an elevation of the d'emijohn and its supporting frame or stand. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the demijohn removed from the stand.

Similar letters of reference are used to indicate like parts throughout the several views. In carrying out my invention, I construct a wooden frame, A, provided with upwardlyextending arms A, in the ends of which are made notches B for the journals or bearings of the demijohn.

I11 order to suspend my demijohn and'proside of the vessel which is intended to be up-- permost.

In order to bind the label and holder to the vessel,a-nd also provide sustaining-journals E, Y

apiece of wireyF, of sufficient length is passed around the opposite portion of the vessel, having its ends also bent at a right angle, and so as to intersect with the two ends of the strands O O, in which position the two bent ends are united and twisted together to form the said journals E. The vessel is then placed in the frame or holder with these journals in the notches of the frame.

The device for tilting the demijohn consists of curved racks G, attached to both sides of the frame, and these racks are made of crimped or notched wire, as shown. A suspending bail or arm, H, having its end bearings also in the sides of the frame, is made to operate along the curved rack, and in' practice the demijohn rests upon this bail, as shown in Fig. l, which can be so arrangedalong the rack as to tilt the demijohn at any inclination desired, in which position it is allowed to re main until from time to time the contents of the vessel are exhausted. By this means not only is the vessel in position to be always drawn from, but the sediment contained in the liquid or fluid is left undisturbed, as it will claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. The combination, with a frame having a rack'and an adjustable bail or support, of a demijohn or similar vessel journaled in said frame, substantially as described. I

v 2. The combination, with a swinging demijohn and its supportingframe, of the labelholder D and the wires 0 O and F, the ends of said wires. being twisted together to form journals E, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a swinging demijohn, the means for sustaining a label or label-holder thereupon, consisting of the strands of wire 0, looped into the label or label-holder and forming a part ofthe journals, in the manner substantially as described. I

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand and seal.

LUCIEN BRAND. [L. s.]

Witnesses:

G. W. M. SMITH, WILMER BRADFQRD. 

